During the evening I learned that Mr. Allan
R. Joy from Koyukuk, had reached town and we
sent Mr. Condon out for him - he makes the seventh
lawyer in town - Hess, Condon, Spring, Miller,
Dodge, Cowles & Joy. These together with
Pedro, Cleary, McCarty and Noble sat round
the table. The responses to toasts were very
interesting, especially the tales of Pedro and
Cleary as to the early days last year when the
settlement of Fairbanks & the discovery by Pedro
were in progress. Pedro first saw steamboat
smoke from the summit of Pedro dome & came
down off the mountains & met Barnett here -
Pedro gave me his original gold pan - it was
used as a waiter to serve drinks, cigars &c to the
guests and its use was an evident surprise and
pleasure to Pedro. His plain, honest,
straightforward story of his hardships &